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Proverbs & sayings
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Kȍ rȁno rȁnī, dvȇ srȅće grȁbī | the early riser catches two strokes of luck |
| Bez mȕke néma nàuke | no learning without hardship |
| Vȗk dlȁku mȇnjā, àli ćȗd nȉkada | the wolf changes its coat but never its temper |
| Bȍlje vrábac u rúci nȅgo gȍlūb na gráni | a sparrow in the hand beats a pigeon on the branch |
| Kȍ drȕgome jȁmu kȍpā, sam u njȗ ùpadā | he who digs a pit for another falls into it himself |
| Bȍlje ȉkad nȅgo nȉkad | better ever than never |
| Nȉje zlȃto svȅ štȍ sȉjā | all that glitters is not gold |
| Tȉha vòda brȇg rȍnī | still water wears away the bank |
| U láži su krátke nȍge | lies have short legs |
| Bȍlje spréčiti nȅgo léčiti | prevention is better than cure |
| Ȉver ne pȁdā dalèko od klȁde | the chip does not fall far from the log |
| Kȍ pítā, ne skítā | he who asks does not go astray |
| Stȏ ljúdi, stȏ ćúdi | a hundred people, a hundred temperaments |
| Nȁvika je drȕgā príroda | habit is second nature |
| Gdȅ ȉmā dȉma, ȉmā i vȁtre | where there is smoke there is fire |
| Svȁka ptȉca svȍme jȁtu lètī | every bird flies to its own flock |
| Ne tŕči pred rȕdu | do not run ahead of the shaft — do not get ahead of yourself |
| Bȍlje ȉšta nȅgo nȉšta | better something than nothing |
| Poklònjenōm kònju se u zȗbe ne glȅdā | do not look a gift horse in the mouth |
| Kȍ se pòslednjī smèjē, nȃjslađe se smèjē | he who laughs last laughs sweetest |
| Ponávljānje je mȃjka znánja | repetition is the mother of knowledge |
| Čȉst ràčūn, dȕga ljúbav | a clear account makes for a long friendship |
| Kàkav òtac, tàkav sȋn | like father, like son |
| Stȑpljen, spášen | the patient one is the one saved |
| Nèsreća nȉkad ne dòlazī sáma | misfortune never comes alone |
| Pȑvo skòči pa rèci hȍp | jump first, then say hop |
| Kȍ čȅkā, dòčekā | he who waits, gets there in the end |
| Kȍ lȁžē, tȃj i krȁdē | he who lies also steals |
| Jèdna lȁsta ne čìnī pròleće | one swallow does not make a spring |
| Mnȍgo bȃbā, kȉlavo déte | too many midwives, a sickly child |
| Kȁd na vŕbi ròdī grȏžđe | when grapes grow on a willow — i.e. never |
| Kȁko dòšlo, tàkō pròšlo | easy come, easy go |
| Ni po bȁbu ni po strȉčevima | fairly, without favouring anyone's kin |
| Rúka rȗku mȉjē | one hand washes the other |
| Ćútānje je zlȃto | silence is golden |
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